Genesis 9:25-27

Noah's Descendants

25 he said,
i "Cursed be Canaan;
j a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers."

26 He also said,
"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;
and let Canaan be his servant.
 27 May God enlarge Japheth, 1
and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,
and let Canaan be his servant."

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 27:16
    "'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 9:23
    Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
    Judges 1:28
    When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not drive them out completely.
    1 Kings 9:20 - 21
    All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel -
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